🇲🇾 Malaysia · Answer · Updated 23 May 2026
How does SST apply to a Malaysian restaurant POS?
Direct answer · updated
In 2026 Malaysian restaurant service tax applies once a food and beverage business passes the registration threshold, and it must be charged and reported correctly at the ticket level. LOOP applies SST per item category, prints it clearly, excludes non-taxable lines, and produces the period summary directly from ticket data.
Service Tax of 8% applies to F&B outlets with annual turnover above RM1.5M; Sales Tax does not apply to prepared food. LOOP auto-calculates 8% Service Tax per ticket, files the SST-02 return via the LHDN API, and produces the audit-ready transaction extract.
How it works with LOOP
SST rules in LOOP live on the item category, so takeaway, dine-in and non-taxable lines behave correctly without cashier judgement. Delivery orders carry the same treatment as their channel requires. The taxable summary for a period is generated from the same ticket data that drives the P&L, which removes the common gap between what was charged and what gets declared.
Key facts
- Service Tax: 8% on F&B above RM1.5M
- Prepared food exempt from Sales Tax
- Auto SST-02 filing
- LHDN-ready audit extract
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